As someone who follows construction technology, and someone who just happens to be from Perth, this is great to see. There are a number of "brick placing" robots starting to pop-up, most however seem to be a little... lets say "delicate" for the battleground that is a construction site. (I'm thinking the "Flight assisted Architecture" video, using swarms of drones to place lightweight blocks, and a modified car factory arm on treads, which I unfortunately can't find the link for right now.)
Retrofitting this onto an existing crawler chassis makes this more practical. The major issues I see in implementation are unfortunately legislative. Most suburban/residential construction sites -considering these are the most likely to utilize it - have quite strict noise restrictions. A diesel engine running 24/7 is going to upset a few neighbors.
Also, from a Health and Safety perspective. Residential construction is very fractured when it comes to trades, and at the best of times, difficult to coordinate. I would imagine either a physical exclusion zone, or a temporal one while this thing is operating since it appears to be semi-autonomous, making it difficult to have others on site around it and maintain safety.
All things I'm sure the inventor has considered over development, but challenges none the less.
I'm pretty sure everything on that is hydraulically or electrically driven - switching the diesel running the hydraulic pump out for an electric motor is probably simple... I suspect the most difficult part of that would be the software to manage having it drag around a 3 phase esxension lead safely...
Retrofitting this onto an existing crawler chassis makes this more practical. The major issues I see in implementation are unfortunately legislative. Most suburban/residential construction sites -considering these are the most likely to utilize it - have quite strict noise restrictions. A diesel engine running 24/7 is going to upset a few neighbors.
Also, from a Health and Safety perspective. Residential construction is very fractured when it comes to trades, and at the best of times, difficult to coordinate. I would imagine either a physical exclusion zone, or a temporal one while this thing is operating since it appears to be semi-autonomous, making it difficult to have others on site around it and maintain safety.
All things I'm sure the inventor has considered over development, but challenges none the less.